Talk:Scott Herndon

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Clarification

He advocates for "restrain[t] encroachments on individual liberty from all levels of civil government"

Looks unsourced. What does that even mean, though? I'm intrigued. Couldn't find anything on Google on this quote. YellowAries2010 (talk) 06:52, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

Google it without "[t]":
"restrain encroachments on individual liberty from all levels of civil government"
It's a quote from his campaign website, herndonforidaho.com -- Pemilligan (talk) 13:41, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Opposition to abortion

To say Herndon opposes abortion is an understatement. Herndon’s opposition to abortion is extreme enough that context may be helpful. He’s been quoted in 2023, regarding removing the exceptions for rape and incest from his state’s abortion ban, “Some people could describe the situation that you're talking about as the opportunity to have a child in those terrible circumstances if the rape actually occurred”. Molokop1us (talk) 21:41, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

As reported by local papers such as the Sandpoint Reader, Herndon has been active for many years in groups attempting to be the most extreme in their opposition to abortion. Including by publicly attacking people for not publicly attacking other people in order to blame even the pro-life movement for not being extreme enough in their effort to ban all abortions.
https://sandpointreader.com/anti-abortion-protesters-disrupt-community/ ~2026-16196-08 (talk) 20:14, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Requested edits (COI).

Edit request: expand to reflect full record

Conflict-of-interest disclosure: I am the subject of this article, Scott Herndon, posting through an assistant. Per WP:COI I am not editing the article directly and am requesting that an uninvolved editor review the proposed, sourced additions below. The current article covers only two bills and omits committee service, property-tax and firearms legislation, the Sandpoint lawsuit, and basic biography. The goal is a complete, neutral article.

Proposed: new "Early life and career" section

Scott Michael Herndon was born in Richmond, Virginia, on November 3, 1967. He studied finance in college, later worked in software implementation, and has spent roughly two decades as a custom home builder.[1] He moved to Sagle, Idaho, in 2004. Before entering elected office he served five years as a chaplain at the Bonner County Jail and chaired the Bonner County Republican Central Committee. Sources to attach: Ballotpedia profile (already cited in the article) and his 2026 candidate profiles in the Bonner County Daily Bee / Hagadone News Network (Apr. 2026). Note to editor: basic non-controversial personal facts may also rely on the subject under WP:ABOUTSELF.

Proposed: new "Idaho Senate" section (tenure, committees, legislation)

Herndon served on the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Finance Committee (the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, JFAC).[1] In 2023, Herndon was a Senate sponsor of House Bill 292, a property-tax relief measure. After Governor Brad Little vetoed the bill, the Senate voted 28–7 to override the veto and the bill became law, providing several hundred million dollars in property-tax relief.[2][3] In 2024, Herndon sponsored Senate Bill 1374, which addressed the carrying of firearms on government-owned property that is normally open to the public. The bill was a legislative response to the Idaho Supreme Court's 2023 decision in his lawsuit against the City of Sandpoint. It passed the Senate 28–7 and the House 58–10 and took effect July 1, 2024.[4] According to the Idaho Freedom Foundation's Freedom Index, Herndon was the highest-rated legislator for the 2023 session.[5]

Proposed: new "Festival at Sandpoint lawsuit" section

Herndon was a lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against the City of Sandpoint challenging a firearms ban at the Festival at Sandpoint, an event held on city-owned War Memorial Field, which the festival leased during its summer concert series. In Herndon v. City of Sandpoint (2023), the Idaho Supreme Court ruled unanimously for the city, holding that a private lessee could prohibit firearms for those entering the leased public property during its event.[6][7][8]

Proposed: lead update

Add a sentence to the introduction: "Herndon is a candidate for the Idaho Senate in District 1 in the 2026 election."[9]

Proposed: fix the existing

The sentence "He opposes abortion, even in cases of rape and incest" currently carries a tag. It can be sourced to the article already cited as reference 7: Kelcie Moseley-Morris, "Idaho Senate committee advances bill that would change legal definition of abortion," Idaho Capital Sun, Jan. 16, 2023, which documents his effort to remove the rape and incest exceptions. Please attach that source to remove the tag.

Suggested structure

For readability, organize the article into: Early life and career; Idaho Senate (with subsections for committees, property tax, firearms, and the existing abortion/marriage material under "Political positions"); Festival at Sandpoint lawsuit; and Personal life. The existing content on the 2023 marriage-license bill and abortion exceptions should be retained under Political positions; this request adds context, it does not seek to remove sourced material. Thank you for reviewing. ~2026-37085-87 (talk) 04:32, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

  1. Richert, Kevin (May 2, 2024). "In depth: Idaho's costliest — and maybe most bitter — legislative primary". Idaho Education News. Retrieved June 27, 2026.
  2. "Senate overrides Governor's property tax veto," KIVI-TV, 2023.
  3. HB 292 (2023), Idaho Legislature, legislature.idaho.gov.
  4. S1374 (2024), Idaho Legislature; LegiScan ID S1374 (2024).
  5. Idaho Freedom Index, freedomindex.us. (Attribute in text to the Idaho Freedom Foundation.)
  6. "Idaho Supreme Court rejects appeal over firearm ban at private concert," Idaho Capital Sun, June 22, 2023.
  7. "Idaho Supreme Court rules in favor of Sandpoint festival's gun ban," Daily Inter Lake, June 22, 2023.
  8. Herndon v. City of Sandpoint, 531 P.3d 1125 (Idaho 2023).
  9. 2026 candidate profile, Bonner County Daily Bee / Hagadone News Network, Apr. 2026.